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Homes in Terre Haute
Terre Haute is a city of houses: of its 26,372 homes, 67% are detached, 3% are townhouses and other attached houses and 30% are apartments or units in buildings of two or more homes.
More homes here were built before 1950 than in any later period we count: 42%. Only 15% date from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1957. 52% of homes are lived in by their owners.
In nearby Bloomington, 50 miles away, 44% of homes were built before 1980, so Terre Haute's windows are on the whole older. Nationally, Terre Haute's homes are older than those in 78% of the 881 US cities we have census figures for.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Estimates carry margins of error.
Plaster walls and deep casings
42% of homes date from before 1950, when walls were plaster on lath and windows sat in deep wood casings. Plaster cracks if you drive screws carelessly: drill a pilot hole, use fixings made for plaster, and fix into the casing or the framing behind it. A deep casing is good news for an inside mount; measure its depth before you choose a louver size.
Out-of-square openings
With 71% of homes built before 1980, many openings have had decades to settle. Measure each one's width at the top, middle and bottom, and both diagonals. If the diagonals differ by more than about ¼ inch, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.
Whole-house orders
With 67% of homes detached, most orders here cover a whole house: bedrooms, a patio door, perhaps a bay. Put every window in one list in the designer so the louver size and colour match from the street, and if you have an HOA, send it the drawings before you order.
Terre Haute weather and your shutters
At Terre Haute Indiana State, IN (2 mi away), July averages a high of 90.4°F and January a low of 19.2°F. Average highs reach 85°F from June to August and average lows sit at or below freezing from December to February.
About 47 days a year reach 90°F, 116 nights fall to freezing and 44.7 inches of precipitation falls, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Among the Indiana cities we have climate normals for, Terre Haute has the second-most hot days.
That's more 90°F days than in 54% of the 881 US cities we have climate normals for.
Daylight runs from 14 h 57 min on the longest day to 9 h 23 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 74° above the horizon in June and 27° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Terre Haute Indiana State, IN (temperature) and Terre Haute Indiana State, IN (precipitation, 2 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39.9°F | 19.2°F | 2.5 in |
| Feb | 45°F | 22.8°F | 2.5 in |
| Mar | 55.7°F | 32.7°F | 3.4 in |
| Apr | 68.8°F | 43.6°F | 4.9 in |
| May | 78.2°F | 54.5°F | 4.8 in |
| Jun | 87°F | 62.9°F | 5.1 in |
| Jul | 90.4°F | 66.4°F | 4.3 in |
| Aug | 89.3°F | 64.4°F | 3.3 in |
| Sep | 83.5°F | 55.7°F | 3.3 in |
| Oct | 70.5°F | 43.2°F | 3.7 in |
| Nov | 56.4°F | 33°F | 3.7 in |
| Dec | 44.6°F | 24.8°F | 3.2 in |
Cold winters
With 116 freezing nights a year, warm room air meets cold glass for months. Shutters closed tight overnight hold that air against the window, so condensation can collect on the sill: tilt the louvers open in the morning, and wipe the sill on windows that often run wet.
Humid summers
Hot days and 44.7 inches of precipitation make for heavy summer air. Wood swells when it's humid, so give kitchens, bathrooms and laundry rooms some air: run the fan after a shower and tilt the louvers open so steam doesn't sit behind them.
Fitting them in Terre Haute
Shutter Boys shutters are made for you to fit yourself: an inside or outside mount takes a drill, a level and our step-by-step guide. If you'd rather hire someone, a finish carpenter or blinds installer can fit them; ask on your quote and we'll tell you if we know one near you. You arrange and pay the installer directly.
Near Terre Haute
- Bloomington 50 mi
- Champaign 65 mi
- Greenwood 68 mi
- Indianapolis 69 mi
- Lafayette 70 mi
- Carmel 74 mi
More about shutters in Terre Haute
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Terre Haute’s own figures.
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